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Over the past day, 168 people have been tested for coronavirus infection in the PCR laboratory of South Ossetia, 11 of them showed a positive result, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res" on Thursday.

“During the pandemic, 15427 studies were carried out in the PCR laboratory of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, Gagloeva said.

According to her, 784 people remain under medical supervision.

The number of cases in the republic since mid-September has reached 2766.

Ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev took part in the solemn and mourning ceremony on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade during the Great Patriotic War. According to the press service of the Embassy, ​​the ceremony took place in St. Petersburg on January 27.

Servicemen of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia are planning to take part in seven competitions, which are included in the program of the International Army Games, said State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic Vadim Siukaev at the press conference "ARMI-2021: South Ossetia is ready to participate and win" at the press conference held in Tskhinval on Wednesday,

A videoconference was held between the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement Murat Dzhioev with the co-chair of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, the representative of the Swedish OSCE Chairmanship, Annika Söder.

The head of the Rossotrudnichestvo office in South Ossetia, Sergei Skvortsov, and the head of the organization of Russian compatriots in the Republic, Svetlana Kotaeva, spoke at a press conference in Tskhinval about the organization's work plans for 2021.

According to Skvortsov, Rossotrudnichestvo intends to move away from the patterns of Soviet times, when "Russia's humanitarian aid to other countries was not advertised."

The daily increase in new cases of coronavirus infection in South Ossetia was 6 cases, this is the minimum since October last year, when there was an epidemiological increase in the incidence.

"Over the past 24 hours, there are 6 confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Republic, 67 people have been tested. The total number of coronavirus cases increased to 2,746," Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, told IA "Res" on Tuesday.

The escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has made security issues of particular relevance for South Ossetia. This was announced on Monday by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Dmitry Medoev in talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov presented South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev with the Russian Foreign Ministry's badge "For Interaction" for his significant contribution to the development of relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, as well as to strengthening security and stability in Transcaucasia.

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia, the presentation took place during a meeting of the heads of the two departments at the Reception House of the Russian Foreign Ministry at Spiridonovka.

Russia and South Ossetia signed a plan of consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries for 2021-2022. The plan of consultations was signed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev.

"Today we will sign a plan for inter-ministerial consultations for 2021-2022, which is aimed at further strengthening our coordination," Lavrov said before the signing ceremony.

In South Ossetia over the past weekend, 168 people have been tested for COVID-19; 35 tests showed a positive result, Anna Gagloeva, Deputy head of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, Marina Kochieva , told IA "Res" on Monday.

“35 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the Republic over the weekend, the total number of cases reached 2,740,” Kochieva said.

According to her, during the pandemic, 15008 tests have been done in the PCR laboratory of South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee .